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suggestions on affordable equipment stands.
thanks for the response. your equipment rack and setup is very nice. the links are helpful. i.m leaning toward maple butcher blocks and those boos products are what i was looking for that are commercially available. if i go another direction i sti... 
suggestions on affordable equipment stands.
thanks for the encouragement.. the the pictures of the racks are very nice and i like the theory. i've read lots of good things about the sonic characteristics of maple so i,m going to start on this.. 
The best speaker you ever heard?
i was at the ces in chicago in 1976 and Saul Marantz gave me a demonstration of some tube gear with stacked modified dahlquist dq-10s with dual subs in a hotel suite. he had blankets hanging over mirrors and no other tweaks i can remember. but the... 
Magnepan owners : past / present
i unhooked my 500 watt [into 4 ohm load] emotiva from my mmgs and hooked up my decco integrated [50 into 8 ohms i don,t know about 4]. nope.....no way. this isn,t exactly the final word at all, but for me i will keep magnepans and power. thanks jo... 
You can only keep one pair of speakers on the list
i think black and white reasoning/quasi-ultimatuums doesn't work for me so in the spirit of compromise keep the favorite 2 pair..ha 
Upgrade Amp or Speaker for 2 channel?
i agree that the cd player is a real important element to making your system sound better. 
If upgrades were no longer possible would you be
i,m very satisfied because i set criteria before starting on the current setup. if i win lotto then watch out because the criteria bar will definitely go up. til then i am satisfied with switching 2nd system components to my main system and experi... 
Need help picking subwoofer cables interconnects
i just switched from some old monster cable sub ics to morrow audio for my dual velodynes and i,m very satisfied with them. good build quality and i think mike will make them to custom lengths for you. 
Peachtree Decco Preamp Issue????
have you solved this issue yet? just curious. thanks john 
Review: Merlin Music Systems TSM mmi Monitor
great review. i use emotiva gear and the erc1 with the v-dac is a great combo. i recently upgraded to a morrow audio dgi digital ic and the bass definition and space in 3d image was really nice. i switch back and forth between the vdac and the emo... 
Macbook to USB to which one?
with the music fidelity and i think the cambridge you get more flexibility with inputs but must be plugged into the wall. the hrt is usb input only. i have the hrt and the music fidelity and they work well and i have read great reviews about the c... 
suggestions on affordable equipment stands.
thanks for all the great suggestions. these will keep me busy for a few weeks 
suggestions on affordable equipment stands.
thanks. i like the price and have ikea chairs already. i,ve read that maple wood is a low resonance material. most of the audiophile cabinets i see are really expensive so i like to try and figure these things out thru experimenting. 
Peachtree Decco Preamp Issue????
i have the decco as a pre with a emotiva amp and it performs fine. i suspect the decco has an output issue. do you have another amp or a friend who can bring one over to just test with? 
Emotiva LMC/UMC upgrade - better audio?
i use emotiva products and lonnie at emotiva might be a good source of an accurate answer. i recently switched from kimber to murrow audio cables and wires thruout my system and the improvement in sound is incredible. i also added isonode vibratio...